As well as being a lot of fun, investing in fine art, wine and cars can be lucrative too - as long as you seek out the right advice. That’s where Spear’s selection of the most astute advisers in these niche areas comes in. Here Arun Kakar and Olenka Hamilton profile the leading experts in the fields - beginning with art advisers.
Spear's Magazine, No. 59, November/December 2017
Alternative assets continue to be a popular and stable investment option in a world where financial markets can wobble alarmingly. Over the next 20 pages Olenka Hamilton profiles our pick of the leading experts in the fields of fine art, wine and classic cars who help those HNWs who enjoy mixing pleasure and profit - beginning with art advisers.
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Spear’s unveils the elite 73 names in the fields of art, wine and classic cars servicing HNW needs today. Olenka Hamilton reports
The authoritative 2017 Spear’s Alternative Assets index is finally here — bringing HNWs the best names in wine, art and classic cars. With 16 new names across the 73-strong power index, this, our second annual guide, is a comprehensive line-up of luminaries and fresh talent, reflecting the dynamic and evolving landscape of the alternative investments.
Among those best placed to help the HNW navigate the art market, we have repeat entries from New York-based art advisory duo Guggenheim Asher as well as independent art consultant and former gallerist Thomas Gibson, who has been in the business for half a century. Also on the list is former Spear’s award winner Viola Raikhel-Bolot of international advisory firm 1858, as well as art advisers Bettina Von Hase and Emily Tsingou. Among our London gallerists are Philip Mould, Jonathan Green and Joseph Friedman.
A new entry this year is Ariane Belisle, whose focus is on helping new collectors navigate the world of emerging art. The youngest of our art advisers, Belisle already has the ear of some of the world’s most powerful collectors.
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Canada-born, London-based Ariane Belisle, who specialises in postwar and contemporary art, set up AIB with the primary aim of ‘leveraging emerging artists and art with a primary focus on new collectors who may not know where to start’, she explains. She offers the full range of art advisory services, from buying, selling and collection management to shipping, valuation, framing and organising collateral loans.
